Written by Michael Healey

based on the book Sideways: The City That Google Couldn’t Buy by Josh O’Kane

Directed by Jennifer Brewin

The Master Plan takes us into the corporate fever dream that was Sidewalk Labs—a “smart city” project backed by Google that crashed harder than your Wi-Fi during a Zoom call. Based on Josh O’Kane’s bestseller Sideways: The City Google Couldn’t Buy, this award-winning tour de force by Michael Healey was reimagined in the round at Globe Theatre for the first time since its critically acclaimed, multi-year sellout, original production in Toronto.  

The Master Plan turns the tangled tale of Sidewalk Labs and Waterfront Toronto into a hilarious (and all-too-true) cautionary tale. This “astounding piece of theatre” (Intermission Magazine) takes you into the middle of corporate ambition, civic red-tape, and the very Canadian drama of how we design the future.